Schistura maculosa Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Lalramliana, 2013

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  7.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Tuingo and Pharsih Rivers, tributaries of Tuivai River, Mizoram, India.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 35-36. This species is distinguished from other congeners from the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin and its adjacent basins by the combination of the following characters: 3-4 rows of black spots horizontally across dorsal-fin; 5-7 more or less organized rows of black spots on rays vertically across caudal-fin; slightly emarginated caudal-fin with 8+8 branched rays; 20-30 narrow black bars on the body; incomplete lateral line extending up to vertical through pelvic-fin origin, with 26-35 pores; males with a sub-orbital flap; and intestine looped behind the stomach (Ref. 94258).
Biology:  Inhabits small pool with slow-flowing water and substrate composed of sand, gravel and rocks. Occurs in association with Exostoma cf. barakensis, Garra spp. and Lepidocephalichthys guntea. A female measuring 7.56 cm SL contained ovulae 0.8-1.2 mm in diameter (Ref. 94258).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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